In August 2026, detectives assigned to the New Castle County Division of Police Violent Crime Interdiction Team initiated an investigation into 31-year-old Marquise Byrd of Wilmington, who was suspected of distributing narcotics throughout New Castle County.

As a result of the investigation, detectives located Byrd on Thursday, August 21, 2026, in the area of 6th Street and Washington Street in the City of Wilmington. As detectives attempted to contact Byrd, he ran away and, while running, discarded narcotics he was carrying. Detectives quickly apprehended Byrd with assistance from other detectives in the area.

Detectives then recovered the plastic bag Byrd discarded while running, which contained approximately 22 grams of suspected methamphetamine, 3.8 grams of suspected crack cocaine, and 1.2 grams of suspected heroin/fentanyl, along with other drug-related paraphernalia.

Byrd was transported to New Castle County Police Headquarters, where he was charged with the following offenses:

• Two felony counts of Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance, Tier 2
• Two felony counts of Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance
• Two misdemeanor counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance
• One misdemeanor count of Resisting Arrest
• One misdemeanor count of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Marquise Byrd was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $47,600 secured bail.

Marquise Byrd – 31

We are once again receiving complaints about individuals calling residents and falsely claiming to be officers with the New Castle County Police Department.

The scammers are using all kinds of stories, claiming you missed a court date, failed to sign a subpoena, have an outstanding warrant, or whatever other nonsense story they can come up with.

But the end result is always the same: 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆.

🚨 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁: Scammers are now spoofing our non-emergency number, 𝟯𝟬𝟮-𝟱𝟳𝟯-𝟮𝟴𝟬𝟬, to make it appear that the call is coming from the New Castle County Police Department. 𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗗.

While the number displayed on your phone may be 𝟯𝟬𝟮-𝟱𝟳𝟯-𝟮𝟴𝟬𝟬, the scammers are not actually calling from that number, and any number they provide for you to call them back will not be our non-emergency number.

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿:

𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 to avoid an arrest, clear a warrant, or resolve a missed court date.

𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, provide gift cards, cryptocurrency, banking information, or other financial information to someone claiming to be a police officer.

If you receive one of these calls, 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 and contact the New Castle County Police Department directly at 𝟯𝟬𝟮-𝟱𝟳𝟯-𝟮𝟴𝟬𝟬.

𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆!

(New Castle, DE 19720) On Monday, July 20, 2026, at approximately 3:44 p.m., officers responded to the 3000 block of New Castle Avenue for a reported road rage incident.

Upon arrival, officers contacted the victim, who stated the incident began when a Honda Accord nearly struck their Ford Explorer in the parking lot. Following the near collision, the suspect, later identified as 25-year-old Sharon Damiani of Newark, used her Honda to block the victim’s Ford Explorer in a parking space after the victim parked.

The victim attempted to back out of the parking space; however, because the vehicle was blocked in, the Ford Explorer struck the Honda Accord. Damiani then exited her vehicle, leading to a verbal confrontation. During the confrontation, Damiani sprayed the victim with pepper spray before returning to her Honda Accord. Damiani then pulled forward and reversed her Honda Accord into the victim’s Ford Explorer, intentionally damaging the vehicle before fleeing the scene.

On Wednesday, August 19, 2026, Detectives located Damiani in Wilmington and took her into custody without incident. She was then transported to New Castle County Police Headquarters, where she was arraigned on the following charges:

• One felony count of Assault Second Degree
• One misdemeanor count of Unlawful Imprisonment Second Degree
• One misdemeanor count of Leaving the Scene of an Accident
• One misdemeanor count of Malicious Mischief by a Motor Vehicle

Sharon Damiani was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2 and released on $11,200 unsecured bail.

Sharon Damiani – 25